Craig Hunter is a Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

-winning musician and teacher living in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. Formerly the drummer of the pop band The Philosopher Kings

The Philosopher Kings

The Philosopher Kings are a Canadian rhythm and blues band who were most commercially successful in the late 1990s. The name of the band is derived from Plato's Republic, in which he outlines the design of an idealistic government, ruled by philosopher-kings...

, he is currently a music teacher at Waterdown District High School

Waterdown District High School

Waterdown District High School is located at 215 Parkside Drive, Waterdown Ontario, and is a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The school opened in 1993 and has a 2009-2010 enrolement of 1322...

 located in Waterdown, Ontario

Waterdown, Ontario

Waterdown is a town in Canada which since 2001 has been a community of Hamilton, Ontario.On January 1, 2001 the new city of Hamilton was formed from the amalgamation of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth and its six municipalities: Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook,...

, where he also directs the school's award winning jazz

Jazz

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band. On the side, he continues to play the drums as a session musician, and gives private lessons to drum students.

Discography

• Universal Honey - Fearless (2001)
• The Philosopher Kings - Famous, Rich and Beautiful (1997)
• The Philosopher Kings - The Philosopher Kings (1994)